Running other forge mods in client

Hi all

fairly new to Mcreator so apologies if I ask anything dumb. I am making a mod that uses other existing mods as dependencies, namely the create mod. I have got most of the aspects i have made working so far however I want to be able to run the create mod and other mods I am using in the built in Mcreator client so that I do not have to export the mod every time I want to check if something has worked.

I have tried to follow tutorials and forum posts online however have had no luck. 

When I put the mod in the run folder, the client does not load with the mod. When I put it in the mods folder within the run folder, the client does not launch at all

As far as I can tell there isn't a plugin to integrate the mod for the forge version I am using, 1.20.1

Anyone have any pointers on how to get the mod working? Thanks in advance!